Is coal mining the solution to create jobs? People used to shop till they dropped, but now they click till they’re sick…. Humour helps to distance ourselves from reality but also to understand it better.

Talking to plantsby Flo-Joe
Read the extract from a book on networking and public speaking skills. Six paragraphs have been removed from the extract. Choose from the paragraphs A-G the one which fits each gap (1-6). There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use.

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Fancy a cuppa Java? by English Online
Six paragraphs have been removed from this article about coffee. Choose from the paragraphs 1-7 the one which fits each gap. There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use.

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The Fishing Championby ESL Lounge
In this text, four paragraphs have been removed. Choose from the paragraphs (A-E) the one which fits each gap in the text (1-4). There is one extra paragraph you do not need to use.

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The CowboyESL Lounge
Six sentences or parts of sentences have been removed from the text (an extract from a novel by Leland Waldrip). Choose from the sentences (A-G) the one which fits each gap (1-6). There is one extra sentence you do not need to use.

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Drifting The Slow Lane On A Welsh Canalby ESL Lounge
Six sentences or parts of sentences have been removed from this text about Welsh canals. Choose from the sentences (A-G) the one which fits each gap (1-6).There is one extra sentence you do not need to use.

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Customer Service in Banksby Exam English
Six sentences have been removed from the article about customer service in banks. Choose from the sentences A-G the one which fits each gap. There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

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Investing or gambling?by Pearson Longman
Nine phrases or parts of sentences have been removed from this text about gambling. Read the text and decide which of the removed sentences best each gap.

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Armistice Dayby ESL Holiday Lessons
Click on A, B or C and find out more about Armistice Day, which is also known as Poppy Day.

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Microwavingby ESL-Lounge
In this text, six sentences or parts of sentences have been taken out. Read the text and choose from the sentences (A-G) the one which fits each gap (1-6). There is
one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

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The Making of ‘Tipping Point’by Exam English
Seven sentences have been removed from the article about the making of an unusual television commercial. Choose from the sentences A-H the one which fits each gap. There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

The boat of my dreamsfrom the Preparatory Course for Year 12 Exam
Read the magazine article and choose from the paragraphs A–G the one which fits each gap 1-6. There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use.

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Play your vuvuzela!by EC English Schools
Seven verb forms have been removed from this article about world-famous vuvuzelas. Read the text carefully and choose the verb form which best fits the gap.

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An odd place to liveby English Forums
In this text six sentences have been taken out. Read the text carefully and choose the sentence which best fits the gap. There are three extra sentences which you don’t need to use.

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Beltane Fire Festivalby Free English Lessons Online
Read the text about the Beltane Fire Festival and fill in the gaps.

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Organised Crimeby englishspeaker.com
This is not exactly an interactive exercise, as you need a pen and paper, but the answers are easily clickable.

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Lifestylesby Flo-Joe
Seven sentences have been removed from this magazine article about an acupuncturist. Choose the right sentence to fill each gap in the text.

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Microsoftby englishspeaker.com
In this text about Bill Gates seven sentences have been taken out. Read the text carefully and choose the sentence which best fits the gap.

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Sentence Completionby selfaccess.com
Read each of these six texts in ten minutes and do the completion exercises.
Stay Fit – Cut the Fat Not the Sugar
Feature: Britons in Dark on Missile Defence
Vacation Packing List: Sunscreen and Briefcase
L.A. Graffiti Surfaces in Bold Colors
Columbia Tragedy Raises Questions over NASA Budget (you can also listen to this text)
Kazakhstan: Feature- Kazakh “Nuclear Soldier” Paints Warning for Future

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Career success in the artsby Flo-Joe
Seven sentences have been taken from the text about John Prince. Choose the right sentence to fill each gap in the text.